In the mountains to the east of Xiangye Town is a newly built mountain village where Balor hides.

The terrain of the mountains and forests is complex, the vegetation is dense, and wild beasts and monsters are rampant, which greatly limits the range of human activities. As a result, it has always been a place of extrajurium that is difficult for lords and churches to govern.

Mercury goes to war with the Kamen Brotherhood, and Victor orders Instructor Barrett's Bear Regiment and Fermi's Kestrel Smuggling Caravan to obey Barrol's dispatch and provide armed support to Mercury. He sent 135 alchemy humans successively, including 15 barberry militia, 30 spirit monkey militia and 90 alchemy auxiliaries, plus Barrett used coercion and bribery to control the homeless, mountain people and lone mercenaries encountered along the way, the size of the bear group has expanded to 422 people.

Although a small half of the members of the bear group are old and weak, women and children, and it looks more like a group of displaced people, it is still too eye-catching for so many displaced people to gather together.

Barrett simply ordered his men to open a camp deep in the mountains and forests, and became the king of the mountain. Fermi and Barol, on the other hand, are hired by the Bucks Merchant Group as mercenary captains and villain leaders to deal with the Kamen Brotherhood. The Bears' station became a temporary nest for Mercury, and the Randall family's support forces were here to rest and recuperate before receiving Barol's instructions.

Ever since Pete, the leader of the hyenas in Shoba Town, was assassinated by the Kamen Brotherhood, Barol has taken refuge in his lair and directed Mercury to fight the Kamen Brotherhood through the dead soldiers of the Randall family.

The location of the cottage is very hidden, and the ravens trained by the Randall family can transmit information in time, while the displaced people gathered by the bear group cannot leave alone. They have no contact with the outside world, and naturally do not reveal the location of the camp.

Balor is safe here.

At this moment, he was reading a letterhead, which was the information sent back by his personal disciple Feiqi.

The door to the hut was suddenly pushed open, and Barrett of the Bear Regiment and Fermi of the Kestrel walked in with a strange man with a strong body.

"Hey, old fox, this is Kane, the elite guardian of House Randall, who brought Master Victor's secret order. Fermi patted the strange strong man on the shoulder affectionately and shouted at Balor.

The strong man's expression was the same as that of the elite guard, but Balor still turned his inquiring gaze to the bodyguard Badu beside him.

Spirit Monkey Militia Badu has been in the mercury house for a few years, and he can already understand the meaning in Barol's eyes, and he bowed his head and said: "Kane is the backup arranged by the master to give the mercury, I grew up with him, and he has no problem." ”

Only then did Balor get up and say with a smile, "It turns out that the Shadow Warrior who captured the Mask last time was His Excellency Kane secretly helped, thank you so much." ”

"Your Excellency, when Ant-Man attacked the hill camp, Lord Randall ordered Kane to protect Lady Lilia from evacuation. We've known Kane for a long time. Fermi found a chair and sat down, squinted at Balor and said, "What? You think we're going to bring outsiders in?"

Barrol's heart sank. Victor had told him that mercury had two powers, one light and one dark, and that the power of the bright side was under his own control, while the hidden power followed the mercury all the way and hid in the wilderness. When he is hunted down, he can get cover and support from hidden forces as long as he runs into the wilderness.

However, Balor did not have the right to wield the hidden power of mercury. In his opinion, this is certainly a retreat arranged for him by Lord Randall, and it is also a surveillance and deterrent to him.

Now that the leader of this hidden force has finally appeared, and Victor is able to get Kane to protect Lady Lilia, he has a high status among the elite guards.

Could it be that the adults were so dissatisfied with my performance that they sent Kane to warn me?

Barol was worried, but he was silent on the surface, and he asked tentatively, "Fermi, why are you here today?"

"Well, I'd like to talk to you guys. Fermi scratched his head and said, "It's not a way to go on like this, I plan to take the Kestrel mercenary group out of Xiangye Town and continue to do my private business." ”

Balor shook his head and said, "The Kestrel Mercenary Group is hired by the Stag Merchant Group, and you should stay in Xiangye Town to protect Deacon Rook's caravan." He smiled again and said, "You stay in the garrison of the Buck Caravan, and the masked killer will never dare to openly offend the authority of Baron Hanisi." You're in danger when you run around like this. ”

"Are you afraid of those shady crumbs?" Fermi glared and exclaimed, "I'm bored!

Barrett said beside him: "The Stag Merchant Group raises the Kestrel mercenary group for nothing, you have food, drink and commissions, and you don't have to work hard...... I think that's not bad either. ”

"Of course you're happy to be hiding in the mountains every day and practicing the bears. Fermi pursed his lips and said stupidly: "The bucks' own armed guards have gathered in Xiangye Town one after another, and Deacon Rook has begun to deduct the commission of the mercenary group, and now many of the mercenary groups are gone...... It's true to eat and drink for nothing, but what is the use of dozens of gold soles' commissions? Our kestrel can earn at least a thousand gold soles from a year's private goods......" He patted the table and asked, "Old fox, how long will my kestrel stay here before it can do business?"

Balor shook his head with a wry smile, and turned to Kane and asked, "What is the master's order to Mercury?"

"The host told three things. ”

Kane said: "First, Mercury's counterattack plan has been put on hold for the time being, waiting for the master's next order. ”

Barol bowed his jaw and said, "It really should be suspended." ”

Booby-trapping the knight sheriff of Ascending Rock City was a risky plan that had to be devastated. The masks have official shelter, and they are hidden so deep that the mercury can't catch their tails at all. Only by overturning the entire table and leaving everyone without a game can Barol turn defeat into victory.

However, in this way, mercury will also be surrounded and suppressed by Dengshi City, Xiangye Town, and the Bucks Merchant Group. The underground network that Barol had managed to build with great difficulty was bound to be destroyed, and perhaps even attracted the attention of Dordor agents. It will be difficult for Mercury to infiltrate the Bucks Merchant Group and the underground forces of Duoduo.

Balor dared to come up with this lose-lose solution because he believed that his master was more interested in the secrets of the Kamen Brotherhood. If you can catch the core members of the mask and torture them, Mercury can also atone for the crime in front of the master. However, Barol did not expect that Todd, who had been sent by his family, was actually a midshipman, and that he was going to break into the interior of Ascending Rock City and use the power of the vigilante to find the traces of the Shadow of the Mask.

In fact, Todd has a good chance of success. Although he will definitely surpass the mercury in his achievements, the mercury can also keep the newly developed eyeliner and shadows.

As for Todd's loyalty, that's not something for Balor to consider. And Todd kept Feige by his side as a liaison, indicating that he had no intention of breaking away from mercury surveillance.

Barrol felt that he could accept Todd's new plan, and he was preparing to write a letter to Victor stating the current situation.

"The second thing is that the master asks the leaders of the bears, the mercury, and the smuggling caravans to keep an eye out for young men who are naturally sensitive to danger, and if they are of low status and simple backgrounds, try to send them secretly to Randall. Kane said with a straight look, "Your Excellency told you not to worry. He had a secret way to make these people fierce warriors like Nelson. ”

"I really have such a person under me!" Fermi slapped his thigh and grinned, "That kid turned out to be a mountain boy who had been with me for a while, and if he became dislike women, it would be better to kill him...... Uh, Kane, I'm not speaking ill of you......"

The dead are the secret and taboo of the lord. Lilia and Nelson are secretive about the origins of the elite soldiers, and the War Bear mercenaries are vaguely aware of it, but they don't dare to talk about their master's dead soldiers in their territory. Those outgoing war bear mercenaries get along with the alchemy humans day and night, so they don't have so many worries, and they will inevitably test the secret of the elite guard's strength. Alchemy humans, of course, do not tell the truth, they either remain silent or prevaricate with a unified narrative. However, rumors of the Elite Guardian being druggedly castrated since childhood still circulated among the mercenary captains.

Since then, no one has envied the strength of the Alchemy Militia.

You can't be a man, you have to have a fart for strength!

"We can take medicine, but we can't have children, so it's a waste to arrange women for us. Badu said lightly.

Barrett was drinking water, and when he heard this, he squirted out a mouthful of water, coughed for a long time, pointed at Balor and said, "Old fox, this is a good thing you did?!"

"What else can be done? Mercury people need to disguise their identities!" said Barrol, spreading his hands.

"Give me a copy of the drug formula!"

"They will dispense the medicine themselves... Bag you are satisfied!" Barol threw the instructor a disdainful look, turned his head and said, "Kane, you continue." ”

"The third thing can only be said to Lord Balor, and the others avoid it. ”

Fermi and Barrett looked at each other, got up and left the cabin, and closed the door.

Barol went to the window and heard them say as they went:

"Old fellow, you're no longer good?"

"Get out, Lao Tzu is very ......"

When the two were far away, Barol returned to his seat and watched Kane take two sheepskin scrolls from his waist pocket.

"This is a list of the guys from the Bucks Business Group who have defected to the South Wind Business Group, and it notes their respective backgrounds. Lord Randall suspected that some of the backbone of the Bucks Merchant Group stepped on two boats, and deliberately sent his henchmen to join the Southwind Merchant Group in advance to seek a way out for himself. ”

Barol unfolded the scroll and couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw the name of Luke, the deacon of the Stag Merchant Group in Xiangye Town.

Today, the Bucks business group is disheartened. The guys below were originally freedfolk employees, and they switched to the Southwind Merchant Group just to make a living, which was not considered a betrayal, and they should not implicate the deacon of the caravan.

However, Mercury's goal is to infiltrate the interior of the Stag Merchant Clan, and to woo the backbone of the Buck Merchant Group to join the Golden Band, and he cannot watch them fall into the arms of the Southwind Merchant Clan. This is also the fundamental reason why Mercury and the Kamen Brotherhood will fight to the end.

The outside is retreating, the inside is even tighter, and the cruelty of killing chickens and monkeys is suddenly put on the table.

"What do you want me to do?" asked Balor in a deep voice.

"This scroll records a recipe for medicine, and our people can't read it!" Kane handed the sealed scroll to Barol and said, "Your Excellency wants you to set up a bureau to send the recipe to a certain deacon of the Bucks Merchant Order, so that he will think that this is the stuff of the Marquis de Wemick who the Southwind Merchant Group has bribed, and then secretly escort him to the York family's mansion in Blinor City." Adults require that the human and material evidence be complete and leave no flaws. In addition, no one is allowed to watch the contents of the scroll except the deacon himself. ”

Barol took the scroll and asked in a deep voice, "What about those who know?"

"Only death. ”

"What about the actor?" asked Balor, looking up and staring into Kane's eyes.

"Your Excellency has prepared a team of men who will escort the scroll into the country in the name of the Brotherhood of Kamen, and the specific route, time and place are up to you. But they'll swear to keep the scroll intact, so you can't be careless when you decide to do it. ”

"How many people are in a group?" Barol noticed that his throat was hoarse and terrible, and quickly picked up his cup and took a sip of water.

"Fifteen. ”

That's the sacrifice of 15 family dead, maybe more...... Barrol's pupils contracted suddenly, and the water in his cup shook out. Kane's voice was as flat as ever, "Master asked me to tell you that we have killed enough people, and the victory or defeat of this war is outside the chess game. ”

Barol was silent for a long time, let out a long breath, and said astringently, "I understand. I will arrange everything and never let the host down!"